+9 Freshman looking to do two internships 1 1y
+85 Restructuring reality check 28 1y
0 Jefferies - Review - Restructuring Data 1y
+37 Anxious and stressed 9 1y
+8 No internship 8 1y
0 Structured Finance Comp at Associate 21 1y
+6 Canada —> US Transitioning for Recent Grads 2 1y
+4 MS IBD - Need to Disclose 2026 Offer for New Compliance Policy?? 1 1y
+7 Moelis summer 2023 case study 14 1y
+114 Penn State Finance Club 54 1y
0 Jefferies - Review - Industrials Data 1y
0 I feel like I just go through the motions and I don’t get it. 1 1y
0 Moving from coverage to a more chill group 1 1y
+4 Wells Fargo TMT 4 1y
0 Scotiabank - Interview - Generalist Data 1y
+461 Rich Handler: The Biggest Hypocrite in the Finance Community 128 1y
0 Jefferies - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 1y
+9 Tier 3 Middle Market Firm or Regional Boutique Offer? 3 1y
0 Credit Agricole - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 1y
0 Financial Technology Partners - Review - Investment Banking Data 1y
+9 Background check question - leave off previous jobs which couldn't be verified? 1 1y
0 Financial Technology Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 1y
+148 Legal implications of “stealing” a model 74 1y
+2 Back-Office to Front in a different city 4 1y
+5 BofA M&S Activism and Defense Analyst Superday NYC 10 1y
+3 CIBC CB NYC SA2026 5 1y
+3 You get a text from your MD mid PE interview - what do you do? 5 1y
0 Has the AmplifyME Summer Analyst Training Programme Helped You Break into Finance? 1 1y
0 Getting into Shape While in IB 2 1y
+13 Barclays SA 2026 Megathread 117 1y
0 Copper Run Capital - Interview - Generalist Data 1y
0 Applying a year early 4 1y
0 UniCredit - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 1y
+7 Truist Securities in 2025 8 1y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 1y
0 Firms that Have Rescinded Offers in 2025 0 1y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 1y
+13 Public REITs, Private REITs Cap Rate Calcaution 7 1y
+24 Banks that “favor their own” vs. banks that “prefer outsiders” 15 1y
+49 UBS isn’t all that bad… 17 1y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Investment Banking Data 1y
+21 BofA Palo Alto Tech M&A culture & exit? 14 1y
+10 Talking to an unfinished deal in an Interview 3 1y
+11 Best Industrials Sector Teams London 9 1y
+6 International Dreams 1 1y
0 Linked in coffee chat requests 1 1y
+28 Jefferies 2026 SA 120 1y
+12 Ares wealth management R1 12 1y
+13 3.45 GPA, Incoming at Blackstone (Jr Summer), Investment Banking (Sophomore Summer), Semi-Target (UT, Boston College, UNC, Vanderbilt, Washington & Lee)) 3 1y
+8 IB to Corporate Banking 4 1y
0 Client tracker 1 1y
0 Financial Technology Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 1y
0 JPM MMBSI Superday 2 1y
0 Macquarie Generalist M&A Team - London 2 1y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Generalist Data 1y
+18 PCA Resources / Recruiting Tips 6 1y
0 CB Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1y
+9 Rothschild Long Internship September 2025 3 1y
0 RBC Culture/Work-life and Analyst Base Salary (NYC) 4 1y
+12 Clearwater International 10 1y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management Data 1y
+11 Santander London M&A 13 1y
+11 Should you write you already have an offer on your CV? 5 1y
+46 UBS USA IB Exits 17 1y
0 Proctor 360 1 1y
+5 UBS REGLL London 8 1y
0 Full time and later recruitment 1 1y
+10 I keep forgetting my technicals for interviews and on the job 4 1y
+25 Thoughts on IU Kelley 2 1y
0 Bonus Clawback Questions 1 1y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Credit Data 1y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 1y
+31 Real Deal Experience, No Brand Name — How to Break Out? 16 1y
+357 Sign-on bonus reverse discrimination? 116 1y
+145 Working at a dinky LMM IB firm is paradise 10 1y
0 Q 1 1y
+45 EB IB Recruiting Insights 29 1y
+12 Trying to Break into IB / M&A / PE / HF – Any Tips? 1 1y
+11 Best REGAL groups 23 1y
+5 GOT A CALL WITH DIRECTOR AT MORGAN STANLEY TMROW FOR SA26. HELP 11 1y
0 Levfin Capital Markets 1 1y
0 How does post-ib credit recruiting even work? 1 1y
+3 BofA LevFin Origination vs LevFin 2 1y
0 General Atlantic Summer Analyst Program 3 1y
+9 Morgan Stanley vs Barclays for Experienced Capital Markets Hire 1 1y
+49 Which banks get the most hate on WSO, and is it warranted? 24 1y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 1y
+6 Broke into a BB from Community College 1 1y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 1y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Generalist Data 1y
+31 Lincoln Valuations (VOG) vs. LMM IB – Am I Being Shortsighted? 8 1y
0 Seeking Advice: WM to IB 1 1y
+15 Lateral Considerations 2 1y
0 How Do I Get to U.S. Banking 2 1y
+9 No Internships, what now? 2 1y
+3 BNP Paribas Superday 2026 8 1y
+10 MM or Regional Boutique? 3 1y
+143 M&A - Bankers vs. Lawyers 58 1y
0 Lincoln International is creating a new private funds advisory arm 3 1y
+3 LevFin? Is this experience the same everywhere? 5 1y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (15) $434
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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